Acclaim for Parisina d’Este with the Opera Orchestra of New York

Angela Meade offered a “glittering performance” (New York Times) in the title role of Donizetti’s Parisina d’Este with the Opera Orchestra of New York presented at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center under the baton of Eve Queler.

In its review of her performance the New York Times stated “The final act contains some stunningly dark and desperate music, with a funerary chorus, ominous drums and a bravura aria for Parisina, “Ugo è spento,” in which she veers between shocked grief and vindictive rage. Ms. Meade’s plush soprano, with a silvery glint that sharpens when she sings forte, eloquently expressed her character’s volatility and pain. The leaps, runs and ornaments of this role, which presses at the extremes of a soprano’s register, held no terrors for her.” New York Times

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